Right, but I don't think that means we would describe sex as a 'spectrum' - rather than a binary i. e. Spectrum is continuous variation along a scale between two extremes (like height)
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I don't think anyone is disagreeing that biology is messy and categories are not clear cut. Similarly there can be ambiguity in the precise dividing line between 'alive' and 'dead' - but they are still meaningful binaries not a spectrum
[Re: the Nature article: this thread popped up in my time line yesterday https://twitter.com/TriciaFrasman/status/1006161802823159809?s=19 …]
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No. Of course not. 'Race/ethnicity' is a social construct linked to a fuzzy set of traits. But even when we use this folk conception no one thinks there are only *two* categories!
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